Capcom
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| legal form | Kabushiki-gaisha (joint stock company) |
| ISIN | JP3218900003 |
| founding | May 30, 1979 (as IRM Corporation) June 11, 1983 (Capcom founded) January 1989 (merger of the companies) |
| Seat |
 Chūō-ku , Osaka , Japan
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| Number of employees | 2839 |
| sales | 77 trillion Yen (about € 630 million) |
| Branch | Software development |
| Website | www.capcom.com |
Capcom ( Japanese 株式会社 カ プ コ ン , Kabushiki-gaisha Kapukon ) is a Japanese video game developer and publisher based in Osaka . There are agencies in Sunnyvale , London , Hong Kong and Hamburg . The acronym stands for Cap sule Com puter.
history
Capcom was founded in 1979 by Kenzo Tsujimoto as IRM Corporation. The first games developed by Capcom were only playable in the arcade . Among them were the shoot 'em ups 1942 and Vulgus . The in-house Capcom Play System was used for the arcade games .
In 1985 Ghosts' n Goblins appeared , which should become the cornerstone of a series. The 1987 games Street Fighter for arcade systems and Mega Man for the Nintendo Entertainment System should also result in numerous sequels. The maintenance and continuation of established series is one of the trademarks of Capcom.
From 1995 to 1996, Capcom Coin-Op , a subsidiary of Capcom USA, produced pinball machines and arcade machines .
In 1996 Mikami Shinji created Resident Evil for the PlayStation , which became a great success and helped the genre of survival horror to break through. Based on the Resident Evil series, other series such as Devil May Cry , Onimusha and Dino Crisis were created .
The implementation of the games on different platforms brought Capcom the charge of relying only on the established series and cannibalizing them. The company responded with a number of innovative games that hit the market in the 2000s , including killer7 , Viewtiful Joe, and PN03 .
At times Capcom also produced various pinball machines (including Big Bang Bar ), but due to developments in this market, no further machines have been developed since 1999.
Selection of games and game series
- 1941: Counter Attack
- 1942 (computer game)
- 1943: The Battle of Midway
- Ace Attorney
- Asuras Wrath
- Beat Down - Fist of Vengeance
- Black Tiger
- Breath of Fire
- Bionic Commando
- Capcom vs. SNK and Marvel vs. Capcom
- Clock tower
- Commando
- Dark Void
- Dead Rising
- Dino Crisis
- Devil May Cry
- Dragon's Dogma
- DuckTales
- Final fight
- Ghost Trick - Phantom Detective
- Ghosts' n Goblins
- Ghouls' n Ghosts
- Haunting Ground
- killer7
- Lost Planet
- Mega man
- Monster Hunter series
- Ōkami
- Onimusha
- resident Evil
- Remember me
- Sengoku Basara
- Shadow of Rome
- Steel Battalion
- Street Fighter
- Street Fighter II
- The Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages / Oracle of Seasons
- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
- Viewtiful Joe
- Zack & Wiki: Barbaros' treasure
- Monster Hunter World
Web links
- Capcom Official Website
- Capcom at MobyGames (English)
- Capcom from 1979 to 2007 - game developer with history at heise.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Corporate Overview , as of July 1, 2016
- ↑ Annual Report 2016
- ↑ Capcom Coin-Op, Incorporated at Internet Pinball Database